The enormous economic importance of intellectual property for our society and the need for efficient legal protection of innovations and investments in technology and culture are now recognized.

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Contribution of the Coopzeitung on the topics Panart, Hang and Balu, 13.01.2020

Balu is the comprehensive term for a sound body consisting of the instruments Balu Sei, Balu Sai, Balu Sui and Godo. The video shows the PANArt tuners playing the instruments.

For many years now Michael Paschko from Dortmund has been documenting and commenting on the work of PANArt Hang Manufacturing Ltd. His website www.hangblog.org has become an essential source of information on our activities – not to be missed! The site has just been relaunched with up-to-date content and a new layout.

In 1976 the steelpan arrived in Bern. In 2016 PANArt introduced the Hang Bal. From the “round the neck” steelband via the Hang to the “round the shoulder” Hang Bal Spiel.

With footage and photos from PANArt's archive, Basil Rohner's video gives us an overview of 40 years of work on the ring of steel.

The Trinidadian people gave a gift to the world: the sweet sound of steel. Each individual has to find out what is meant by this gift. You have to live it, to eat it, do digest it. In 1994 the steel orchestra Original Bernese Oil Company organized the first international Panyard in Europe. It was an insight into the nature of this gift from Trinidad, into the nature of human beings. This is a glimpse of the closing party. Enjoy!

The art of the metal sound sculptor resides above all in his ability to construct his sound sculpture as an intercommunicating system of energy stores. The complexity of these instruments also has consequences for their players.

A song dedicated to sheet metal sound sculptors and to those who would like to become one – by Felix Rohner, tuner